Breathing better, sleeping deeper? new trial tests rehab for COPD sleep troubles

NCT ID NCT06677268

Symptom relief Sponsor: University Hospital, Rouen Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether a respiratory rehabilitation program (exercise and education sessions over 8 weeks) can improve sleep quality in people with stable COPD. 90 adults aged 50 and older will be randomly assigned to either the rehab program or usual care. Sleep will be measured using overnight sleep studies (polysomnography) and questionnaires.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: respiratory rehabilitation program (exercise sessions and educational workshops)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could show that respiratory rehabilitation improves sleep quality in people with stable COPD.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage trial with only 90 participants. The results may not apply to all COPD patients, and sleep improvements might be modest or not occur.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 90 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Feb 2025

Expected to finish

Feb 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

50 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female ≥ age 50 * COPD defined according to the GOLD 2022 criteria, clinically stable (without exacerbation for at least 4 weeks), with indication for respiratory rehabilitation * Absence of respiratory rehabilitation in the past 12 months * Patient affiliated to the social security system * For women of childbearing potential who have been on effective contraception (estrogen-progestogen or intrauterine device or tubal ligation) for 1 month. * For postmenopausal women: confirmatory diagnosis (non-medically induced amenorrhea for at least 12 months prior to the inclusion visit) * Patient who has read and understood the information letter and signed the consent form Exclusion Criteria: * BMI≥ 30 kg/m2 * Previously documented OSA (AHI \> 10/h) * Patient with a CPAP or NIV * Patient on systemic corticosteroid therapy * Patient on centrally acting therapy (benzodiazepine or opiate) * Patient with an occurrence of severe COPD exacerbation * Patient with other associated chronic respiratory insufficiency * Patient with active cancer * Patient with neuromuscular disease * Patient with an osteoarticular disability or traumatic or neurological sequelae preventing participation in the respiratory rehabilitation program * Psychiatric, cognitive or linguistic disorders with inability to understand to follow the protocol * Patient with a contraindication to respiratory rehabilitation or any pathology preventing physical rehabilitation * Patient with a cardiovascular contraindication to respiratory rehabilitation * Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person placed under judicial safeguard, guardianship or curatorship * Person subject to a legal protection measure * Pregnant or parturient or breastfeeding woman

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, severe early onset insomnia Motor Activity

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

How to take part

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The places running it

4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Breathing better, sleeping deeper? new trial tests rehab for COPD sleep troubles

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